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Plans to transform an ageing leisure centre site into a new state-of-the-art sports and wellbeing hub have been approved by members of Leeds City Council’s north and east plans panel.

Visitors can make some fluttery friends this summer and learn all about beautiful butterflies at Tropical World as they join in the Big Butterfly Count.

Leeds was riding high over the weekend as it marked the 10th anniversary of Yorkshire’s unforgettable staging of the Tour de France Grand Depart.

A stellar line-up of children’s champions stepped into the limelight for a night to remember at the Child Friendly Leeds Awards 2024.

Hundreds of cyclists will hit the streets of Leeds this weekend as the city celebrates the 10^th anniversary of the Tour de France Grand Depart’s visit to Yorkshire.

Election day on Thursday 4 July

The council and universities in Leeds are urging the city’s 50,000 students and their landlords to be good neighbours during the summer changeover period.

Online consultation runs until 23 July

The city centre will be a sea of red, white and blue this Sunday as Leeds shows its support for service men and women past, present and future at the annual Armed Forces Day 2024.

Event being held at first direct arena on June 25

A centuries-old court report from the infamous trial of King Charles I will be revealed later this month during a fascinating event in Leeds.

The remarkable book was created more than 360 years ago, and recounts in exhaustive detail the unprecedented week-long trial in 1649, which saw the King convicted of tyranny and treason and sentenced to death in the aftermath of the English Civil War.